One man's failed quest to buy wired Internet from TWC or Verizon [telecom]

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Many Americans have just one good option for wireline broadband service. But even one good choice puts them ahead of people in some sparsely populated areas that Internet service providers neglect because they aren't dense enough to provide huge profits.

Although progress is being made in rural America through a combination of private and public initiatives, there are still people like Jesse Walser of Pompey, a town of 7,000 residents in New York. Walser, who works as a laboratory analyst at a beer brewery, is one of the five percent of Americans who live in areas without any providers offering wired Internet service (excluding dialup). Walser's only viable options are wireless.

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